State group organized -- Service a major goal -- Other papers quick to appear -- Press group a century old -- Canton editor first to serve -- Historical Society created -- Press serves education -- Anniversary held in 1958-59 -- Publishers honored for service -- Long service recognized -- Editors known far and wide -- Pulitzer creates "new journalism" -- Kansas City remade by Nelson -- Many monuments remain today -- Globe-Democrat the oldest -- Leaders in smaller communities -- Record held in Palmyra -- Blanton families prominent -- Selection a difficult task -- Devotion unto death -- Seven became Governor -- Women serve, too -- Unusual names add color -- Newcomers still appear -- Future in good hands.
by Dr. William H. Taft.
Cover title: Newspapers serve Missouri
Reprint from Official Manual of the State of Missouri (1965-1966).
Includes bibliographical references.
Digitized by MU Libraries, University of Missouri--Columbia, January 2014. Local ID: monews01. (Digitized gift copy that was not added to the MU Libraries collections.)
